Burning Gotham

Hey everyone, James Scully here. I've got some upcoming tours and webinars this month I wanted to tell you about, including a brand new tour! I'm doing a webinar on the history of Bay Ridge this Thursday August 7th at 7PM eastern time. Click here for more info and to register. If you're interested and can't make it live, don't worry, I'll be emailing all those who register a video of it once it's finished. On Sunday August 10th at 12:30PM I'm running "Murder, Mayhem, Money, and History in...

Hey everyone, James Scully here. If you're in New York City the next two weekends and are looking for something fun to do, I've got two Bay Ridge tours coming up that might interest you. The first one, this Sunday July 20th at 12:30PM, is called "Murder, Mayhem, Money, and History in Old Northern Bay Ridge." Here's a link for more information, stops along the tour, and tickets — https://www.eventbrite.com/e/murder-mayhem-money-and-history-in-old-northern-bay-ridge-tickets-1458537347469?...

Hey everyone, James Scully here. I've got a new walking tour on Sunday 6/8 at 12:30PM around Washington Square Park and Lower 5th Avenue on the wild early years of this area (complete with lots of photos and maps) that I'm very excited about! Here's a link for tickets and more info — https://www.eventbrite.com/e/into-the-wilderness-the-wild-early-years-of-washington-square-5th-ave-tickets-1373306228899?aff=oddtdtcreator Interested, but not in NYC? I've got two webinars coming up ...

Hey everyone, James Scully here. This Saturday, December 16th, is the  188th anniversary of the Great Fire of 1835. It burned the entire financial district in New York City to the ground. The fire was so big it could be seen from Philadelphia, 90 miles away.I’m doing two walking tours, one at 12PM and one at 4PM on the anniversary  in conjunction with the audio fiction soap opera set in 1835 NYC I've developed called Burning Gotham — http://burninggotham.com/. Burning Gotham was a 2022 Tribeca Film Festival audio selection. Join us as we explore lower Manhattan and the notable sights and scandals of 1830s New York, with a close look at 1835 and how a single year forever changed New York City in big ways.Included here are links where you can buy tickets to both — https://linktr.ee/thewallbreakersI hope to see you there!

Hey everyone! James Scully here. I’m doing a webinar and walking tour this week in conjunction with the audio fiction soap opera set in 1835 NYC I've developed called Burning Gotham — http://burninggotham.com/The walking tours have been very popular. I'm doing one this coming Saturday 12/09/2023 in Lower Manhattan with Eyes on Manhattan at 1PM — https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/eyesonmanhattan/items/506819/calendar/2023/12/?flow=no&full-items=yesAnd for those who can't come and are interested in this wild period of U.S. and NYC history, I'm doing a webinar with the New York Adventure Club this Friday 12/08/2023 at 5:30PM eastern time — https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/1830s-nyc-a-decade-of-social-political-geographical-upheaval-webinar-registration-752806914747/Also, next Saturday, December 16th, is the 188th anniversary of the Great Fire of 1835. It burned the entire financial district to the ground under very interesting circumstances. I’ll have two tours that day.Included here are links where you can buy tickets to all of these. This week’s webinar is $10 and Saturday’s walking tour is $35 — https://linktr.ee/thewallbreakersI'd love to see you there!